{"id":268,"date":"2017-04-07T00:53:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T00:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=268"},"modified":"2021-10-08T13:12:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T13:12:21","slug":"developing-your-topic","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1v2\/chapter\/developing-your-topic\/","title":{"raw":"Developing Research Questions","rendered":"Developing Research Questions"},"content":{"raw":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-weight: normal; orphans: 1; text-align: initial; color: #373d3f;\">Because of all their influence, you might worry that research questions are very difficult to develop. Sometimes it can seem that way. But we\u2019ll help you get the hang of it and, luckily, none of us has to come up with perfect ones right off. It\u2019s more like doing a rough draft and then improving it. That\u2019s why it is better to think about <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-weight: normal; orphans: 1; text-align: initial; color: #373d3f;\">developing<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-weight: normal; orphans: 1; text-align: initial; color: #373d3f;\"> research questions instead of just writing them.<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<div id=\"post-544\" class=\"standard post-544 chapter type-chapter status-publish hentry\">\r\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\r\n<h2>Steps for Developing a Research Question<\/h2>\r\nThe steps for developing a research question, listed below, help you organize your thoughts.\r\n\r\n<strong>Step 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Pick a topic (or consider the one assigned to you).\r\n\r\n<strong>Step 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Write a narrower\/smaller topic that is related to the first.\r\n\r\n<strong>Step 3:\u00a0<\/strong>List some potential questions that could logically be asked in relation to the narrow topic.\r\n\r\n<strong>Step 4:\u00a0<\/strong>Pick the question that you are most interested in.\r\n\r\n<strong>Step 5:\u00a0<\/strong>Change that question you\u2019re interested in so that it is more focused.\r\n<div class=\"example\">\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n<h3><strong>MOVIE:<\/strong>\u00a0DEVELOPING RESEARCH QUESTIONS<\/h3>\r\nAs you view this short video on how to develop research questions, think about the steps. Which step do you think is easiest? Which do you think is hardest?\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1oJNO6PYZe4?feature=oembed&amp;rel=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1oJNO6PYZe4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Movie<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ohiostate.pressbooks.pub\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/developing-research-questions-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Text Version<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>Practice<\/h3>\r\nOnce you know the order of the steps, only three skills are involved in developing a research question:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Imagining narrower topics about a larger one,<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Thinking of questions that stem from a narrow topic, and<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Focusing questions to eliminate their vagueness.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nEvery time you use these skills, it\u2019s important to evaluate what you have produced\u2014that\u2019s just part of the process of turning rough drafts into more finished products.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-weight: normal; orphans: 1; text-align: initial; color: #373d3f;\">Because of all their influence, you might worry that research questions are very difficult to develop. Sometimes it can seem that way. But we\u2019ll help you get the hang of it and, luckily, none of us has to come up with perfect ones right off. It\u2019s more like doing a rough draft and then improving it. That\u2019s why it is better to think about <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-weight: normal; orphans: 1; text-align: initial; color: #373d3f;\">developing<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-weight: normal; orphans: 1; text-align: initial; color: #373d3f;\"> research questions instead of just writing them.<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"post-544\" class=\"standard post-544 chapter type-chapter status-publish hentry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Steps for Developing a Research Question<\/h2>\n<p>The steps for developing a research question, listed below, help you organize your thoughts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Pick a topic (or consider the one assigned to you).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Write a narrower\/smaller topic that is related to the first.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:\u00a0<\/strong>List some potential questions that could logically be asked in relation to the narrow topic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:\u00a0<\/strong>Pick the question that you are most interested in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5:\u00a0<\/strong>Change that question you\u2019re interested in so that it is more focused.<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<h3><strong>MOVIE:<\/strong>\u00a0DEVELOPING RESEARCH QUESTIONS<\/h3>\n<p>As you view this short video on how to develop research questions, think about the steps. Which step do you think is easiest? Which do you think is hardest?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1oJNO6PYZe4?feature=oembed&amp;rel=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1oJNO6PYZe4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Movie<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ohiostate.pressbooks.pub\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/developing-research-questions-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Text Version<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Practice<\/h3>\n<p>Once you know the order of the steps, only three skills are involved in developing a research question:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Imagining narrower topics about a larger one,<\/li>\n<li>Thinking of questions that stem from a narrow topic, and<\/li>\n<li>Focusing questions to eliminate their vagueness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Every time you use these skills, it\u2019s important to evaluate what you have produced\u2014that\u2019s just part of the process of turning rough drafts into more finished products.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-268\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Choosing &amp; Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research.. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Teaching &amp; Learning, Ohio State University Libraries.. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: The Ohio State University.. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/osu.pb.unizin.org\/choosingsources\/.\">https:\/\/osu.pb.unizin.org\/choosingsources\/.<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":26,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research.\",\"author\":\"Teaching & Learning, Ohio State University Libraries.\",\"organization\":\"The Ohio State University.\",\"url\":\" https:\/\/osu.pb.unizin.org\/choosingsources\/.\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-268","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":385,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1v2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1v2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1v2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1277,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1v2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/268\/revisions\/1277"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1v2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/385"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1v2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/268\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1v2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=268"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=268"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}